Emerging evidence for Q fever in humans in Denmark: Role of contact with dairy cattle

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1285-1288

  Bosnjak, E ^a   Hvass, A M S W ^a   Villumsen, S ^b   Nielsen, H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coxiella; Denmark; Occupation; Q fever; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DAIRY CATTLE; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINAE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VETERINARIAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; Q FEVER; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VETERINARIANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955163315     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03062.x     Document Type: Article

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